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PUBLISHED EVEBY WEDNESDAY MORNING BY DU3?S0E, KEE SE & CO. TERMS OK SUBSCRIPTION. IN VARI A RIA' IN ADVANCE. The ADVERTISER ia published regularly ev ery WEDNESDAY MOUSING, at THREE DOLLARS por annum ; ONE DOLLAR and FIFTY CTS. ? Sis Months; SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS for Three Month-",-nhcayi im advance. ?T?S-AU paper.' discontinued at the expiration or lbs tune for which thoy have been paid. RATES OF ADVERTISING. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Advertisements will bo inserted at the rate of ONE DOLLAR and FIFTY CENTS per Squnro (10 Minion Unes or foss,) for the first insertion, and ONE DOLLAR for each subsequent insertion ?BB-A liberal discount will be made to those wishing to advortiso by tho year. Announcing Candidates $5,00. in ndvanee. Message of President Johnson. WASHINGTON, .lune 22,1 KG?;. The Pr?sident sent into Congress to day the fallowing Message in relation to the He construction Amendment to the Constitution : To the S?nate and Hon.T nf Jlitprenentat?ees: I submit to Congress a report of the Sec retary of Stute, to whom was referred the concurrent resolution of thc ISth instant, re specting the submission to the Legislatores of the States of au additional article to thc Constitution of the United States. It. will be seen from this report that the Secretary of State had, on the loth instant, transmitted to the Governors of the several State? ccrtifiid copies of the j dnt resolution pissed on ihe 13: lt instant proposing an amendment to the Constitution. Even in or dinary times any question of amending the Cj?s'itution mu*t be justly regarded us ol paramount importance. This importance w at the present time etichaticed by the fact that, rhe joint r- solution was not submitted by the two Houses for the approval of the President, and that ut" the thirty-six States composing the Union, eleven are excluded from representation in either House ?I Con gress, although with the single exception of Texeu they have been entirely restored to all their functions as State?, in conformity with the original law of the laud, and have appear ed at thc National Capital by Senators, and have been refused admission to the vacaut seats- Nor have sovereign people of the na tion been afforded an opportunity of express ing their views upon the important question which the amendment involves. Grave doubts, therefore, may nat ut ally and justly arise as to whether the action of Cougress is in har mony with the sentiments of the people, nnd whetier in such an is*ue the Legislatures ul the Statt s should be called upon now by Con gress to decide respecting.the ratification o? the proposed amendment. Waiving the question as to the constitution ni validity of the proceedings of Congress upon the joint resolution proposing the amend ment, or as to the merits of the atticle which it submits through the Executive Department to the I/pgislature-s of the several States, I dec-m it proper to observe that the steps ta ken by the Secre?ary of State, as detailed in the accompanyirpf report, are to be consider ed as purely ministerial, and in no sense what ever committing thc Executive to an approv al or a recommendation of the* amendment to the State Legislature5, or to tae people. Ou the contrary, a proper appreciation of the letter and spirit of the Constitution as well as of the interests of National order, harmony and union, and a due deference for an enligh tened public judgment, may at this time well suggc.it a doubt whether any amendment to thc- Constitution ought to be proposed by Congress and passed to the Legislatures ol tba several .States for final decision until ofter tho admission of such loyal Senators and Re presentatives of the now unrepresented States as have been, or may he reafter be, chosen in conformity with the Constitution and luws of the United States. June 22,1806. ANDREW JOHNSON. Accompanying the message of the Presi dent was the report of the Secretary of State announcing that he had, in conformity with the proceedings which had been adopted by him, in the year 18G5, in regard to the pro posed, and afterwards adopted, Congressional Amendments of the Constitution of the United States concerning the prohibition of slavery, transmitted to the Governors of the several States certified copies of the joint resolutions, together with a certificate and circular letter. WASHINGTON, June 22,1SCC. The Prpsident:s message to Congress in opposition to the constitutional amendment fell like a thunderbolt amongst the Radicals. It is the boldest step be has yet taken, and precludes all hope of his reconciliation with the Radicals. The President has also transmitted to Con gress a dispatch from Mr. Bielow, our Minis ter at Paris, to Mr. Seward, saying that the French Minister of Foreign Affairs has given the most solemn assurances of Napoleon's fidelity to his pledge to withdraw the French troops from Mexico. This is regarded here as sealing the fate of the Mexican Empire. WASHINGTON, June 23. A joint resolution wus passed in the Senate froviding for an official history of tho?rebel on, and authorizing the Secretary of War to appoiu? some competent person to write it at a sajar/ cot exceeding $2,500 yer year. ' The Tax bill was considered, and various amendments offered, and adopted. Mr. Morgan delivered an eulogy on Repre eenta'tive Hurapbre3's, deceased, after which the Senate adjourned. Io the House, Mr. Washbnrne presented a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury on the subject of the apprehended introduction of rinderpest, by means of imported bones. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Darling, of New York, and others ad dressed the House in speeches of condolence on the death of Hon, James .Humphreys, of New York. The customary resolutions of respect were adopted, and the Honse then adjourned. From Canada. OTTAWA, CANADA, June 2?, . In the Canadian Parliament Galt moved for indemnification of Government for ex Eenses incurred duricg present Fenian trou les. Several members of the Government arty advocated the move, when Mr. Cham ers, of Brookville, obtained the floor, and spoke against it He said that Canada could Hot support troops:enough to resist the Uni ted States. A thousand Fenians was a very different matter from thirty-five mil'ions of Americans. He also called for an investiga tion of conduct of some of the commanders of the provincial troops during the trouble j and denounced the management of the volunteers as a blunder. Mr. Chambers waa continually interrupted and hissed, the uproar becoming so great, at tiznes, as to drown his remarks. Ile was re plied to by Mr. Darcy McGee, and thc motisn of Mr. Gilt was adopted. Prize Fight. NEW YORK, Jnne 20_A prize fisht took place this muming at a point on the Virginia side of the Potomac riper, between Samuel Collier of Baltimore, and Barney Aarons of New York. Forty-seven rounds were fought, which reunited in the defeat of Aarons, Both parties were .seriously injured. Upon their return to the city, they, with others concerned, were arrested, aud will i be held for requisition from the Governor of I Virginia. in Germany, the Augsburg Gazette is pub Ashing a series of letters by one of the most fll-ustrious German physicians, which ar? pro- t ducing a considerable ?ensation- The wrlfer ( .affirms that thei e exists at the present mo ment in Germany such germs of disease that if war should break out, it would iheVit?bly lead, in consequence of the conglomeration J of large masses of men, obliged to suffer from, * fatigue and ?Mufficienej of food, fo th? mest i tto&? ?jtcdesuc cf C&?J?? ever wiUatat? . < A PRAYER FOR EX-PRESIDENT ?>AVTS.- j JM Rev. S. W. Rogers, of Memphis, rector of St. Lazarus Clmrch (Episcopal) ia that city, cu Whit Sunday issued a pastoral letter to his j ?" congregation, in which he exhorts them to u offer up the following prayer "every night t] when yon go to bed, and every morning as, - you rise :'' , . " O God, whose mercies are everlasting, l\ ?nd whose power is infinite, look down with ti pity and compassion upon Thy servant, whom c Thou hast, laid in a placcof darkness and the deep Give him always a sorrowful sense of t his sins and cf Thy fatherly love and corree- j tion. Give to hi? judges tenderness and com passion", and a meek and forgiving spirit to ward all those who have confined him the continual comfort of Thy Holy Spirit, and so sanctify his ?ttl et ion that thev may work for him an eternal weight of glory through the merits of Jesus Christ our Loni. THE ADVERTISER. JAKES T. BACON, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, JINE 27, 180G. Public Meeting nt Stevens' Creek. Wc arc authorised tn announco that thc?c is to he a Public Meeting, Tic Kir and Barbecue, at Little Stevens' Creek Chirth, on Friduy, the 2vth instant, which the ocople are invited to attend. M?j. JoRBPH An.SBY, Dr. JoUX LAX OKTJI tind others are c-xpcc.ed to addre.-s them. Tin! Tin! We record the pleasant and odvantagcou? fitct that Edgefield is better off-hun che wastwn weeks better iff by a handsome Tin Shop, and worker? in Tin who arc without'doubt extremely >kiliul nt their burinera. ITutn t . another column HY.i rend the advertisement of Sm: I.KTO <t Co. Mc SniLLr.TO does not come from so far away as to bc a stranger : ho isa worthy citizen of our sister town of Abbeville. Wc take much pleasure io recommending him Mitta confidence to the pat ronage of tur community. Communications. " COKE" and "NEMO" .will appear in our next issue. Governor Picketts not III. It has been going t'.e rounds of the paper? lately, that ourbonorid ned distinguished fellow ! citizen above niunrd, is, at present, very ill. We aro happy to be able to stale Mich is not the case. Nor ba* it been. For som ) months past, at inter vals of twenty-one days, Cow PICVKXS ha? been visited with revere chilis, nod hi? general health i? not so good a?.in formt r day?; yet ho has not been ill. If we mistake not, the Governor i? preparing to make a sun mer tour among the mountain? of Virginia or South Carolina. The Great Fire in Newberry. In our paper to day will be found interesting accounts-though very sadty so !-of the late dis aitrou? fire in Newberry. Our honored coLtcu porary, the Herald, owned and edited by t"ie Messrs. GKENKKER, perished in the almost gene ral confl/.grafon ; but not forever. It ha? already sprung again ?tito life, und lake? il? welcome place among our exchange*. V7e deeply sympathize with the Messrs. (J RENE :ER in their terrible losses ; cud at the same tiiae, wc beg leave to of fer them our congratulations upon their wonder ful management and energy, displayed in thc so speedy resumption of the publication of the Herald. In iLe Dumber now before us, i? a reliable list of the h< use?, f.r?cf? and store? burned, wilh an esti mate nf the rorih of erich-including it? contents. We make a rough rock'liing of the whole los?, and fini it to he abcut $125 OOO. Iv nore than $15d0 ensured. There seems to be but little doubt that this destructive fire was tho work of incendiarism. The Congressional Bankrupt Bill. In this week's Adtctii?rr will bo found import ant article ?nd speeches ur on the grent question . .f thc dny in fur Ptnte : v'z, the indf btedcess ol the people. In thei meantime, a Bankrupt Bill hus lately pugged tb? nati< nnl llnn?e nf Repre sentative?, which baa a teidcncyto benefit very materially the'Sruthcrn section of thc Uuiot* 'Tis well there should be one little promise of benefit to the South in the midst of all the mis chievous and sectional leg'slotion which has oc cupied the present session of six months ! We ?ay prom in ; this Bill, ustil it shall pas? the Sen ate, being but a promise. It i? supposed, however, that it will mott with tho some ruccers in the SenRte a? in thc Flouse. Ita object is to furnish a notional system of hankrup'cy, by which an hon est man, loaded down with a heavy accumulation of debt, may begin life anew by surrendering hi? pre?cnt property ; and by which he may in the future be onahlid to rotain thc earnings of hi? labor. For this purpose, it i? pro .osed to gire. United State? District and C.rcuit Houris jurisdic tion,'whereas now the Stale laws on the subject are very variable. The President Washes hts Hands of lt. As will bc seen by -eference to our telegraphic news column, thc President has uddressad to Con gress a message, in which ho totally wylies hi? hands of any sympathy with, or approval of, the new and nefarious Constitutional amendment now to be submitted to the State?. In effect, the Presi dent advisos the Legi.duturetto spit upon thu off spring of radical halo. A hold, honest and man ly proceeding which shouM entitle him still more to our respect and confidence. . #3?~Tbe New Orleans Picayune lenrn3 from r. gentleman who bas recently traveled through Northern and Central Texas, that the people out there have harvested the finest crop of wheat they Jiavo over raised. And new they have ploughed up the wheat fields and planted thom in corn, and arc cheered by the prospect of an excellent crop of that groin. Harmony Lodge, No. G7, A. F. M. This Lodge was dosed during thc war owing to the fact that most of its members were absent in the army. Recently, however, through a dispen sation from the Grand Lodge, it has been re opened, and gone regularly to work. On the evening of the 17th, the Lodge was opened by P. G. Senior Warden, A. RAHSAY, who installed the following members officers for the present Masonic year : JOLLEY KE.VMEDY, S. W. A. Siuox, J. W. S. E. BOWERS, Treas. WM. HILL, Scc'ry. At tho next 'communication we learn that Col* A. P. BUTLER is to bo installed Master. "With such officers at its head, Harmony Lodgo is certain to increase in numbers and influence. Newberry Herald--Cnrd. By the fire of Monday morning, 18lh instant, the presses, together with almost tho whole of-tmr typo?, ?c., were consumed, and our office made a complete wreck. Tho publication of the Herald i?, therefore, susponded, but only fora short time, we trust. By the loan of a small press and a few type from a kind friend, together with a few odds and ends fortunately saved, wc will bc able in a few days to issue a small sheet for temporary purposes. In thc meantime, the utmost exertion will be made to procure a new and complete out fit in presses and type in the shortest possible time, when we will be enabled to resume a full publication of our paper. We irust that our short suspension and unfortunate failure to supply ( ur patrons will not cause thom to feel a loss of in terest, hut rather an lacrosse cf zeal to aid us hy their influence to recover from so serious n losa, i?espectfully, THOS. F. GRENEKFR, R. H. GRENEKER. Jndnn Gtts His Thirty Pieces. The President, on the 19tb, sent the nomina ion to 'he Senate of Governor HuldeS of North karolina, os minister to San Salvador. ^Sr*The two men, Wm. Burns (white), and fohn Jaokson (colored), charged with the murder if Captain Few, ol' Georgia, and sentenced by a Ailitary Commission to ba haag, wero executed ya Friday last, atti?Powder Woriw, otar Augusta. lass Meeting of Edgefieid nud Lexing ton. ON Thursday last, a very largo raoctiug or ci ens of EJ gu li cid and Lexington District's, wi etd at Bothel Church, in Edgefieid District, < ie Columbia Road, near the Lexington lin his meeting was attended by not less than 01 tiousand persons. Its object, as had been advc ised two weeks previous to its gathering, was " onsidcr tho Debt Question." Rev. ABNER Wi ASBELL, a prominent citizen he Ridge, was called to the Chair; and Mcssi toBERT W. CA.-NON aud JAMES T. BACON wc equestcd to act as Secretaries. A Cummittco of Twenty-Ono wa?, on motiu tppnintcd to prepare business for tho meoting, ai etircd for consultation. Thc Chairman of tl 3cmrnittee was Col. JOHN HIUET of our town ; imminent member was Gen. PAUL QUATTLKBAI >f Lexington. After a couple of hours consultation and d :ussion, the Committee of Twenty-One roport the following Preamble and Resolutions ; whi were read to the meeting ot large, and then una iimmsly adoptod : WHEREAS, The Courts have been thrown op to creditors, and thc debtors of thu State tuddt ly placed in a condition of imminent peril; A Wu KI: EAS, Tho prospective wide-sproad ruin a desolation which must surely apd inevitably 1 suit therefrom, so terrific and alarming to t people, call most loudly for them tu risc up a speak in (heir own behalf, as tho only means 1 them of averting the 'direst calamity that tv befell any portion of the human race; A WHEREAS, The debtor classes ure about to sacrificed most unjustly ami ungencruu.-ly for tl which within itself is no crime-Indebtcdue Be it. therefore, Benotred, That it ?9 unwise, Impolitic, unr< sonable aud grossly subversive of the best inti csts of thc country, to maintain that thc gr? upheaving of property and revulsion of linaia which thc country has experienced, should not a most powerful argument in favor of the ri gi cf debtors against cluims that were predicated slave property, now swept away as by tho best of destruction, an event which could neither be foi seen nor avoided. Remdctd, That debtors havo rights as well creditors, and that while thc former are not d posed to deprive thc latter of a reasonable sat faction for their favors in the pasr, they m< earnestly and urgently protost against havii their rights ignored, and justice trampled upoi which must inevitably bo the result, unless t impending evil be averted by an organic law the laud. Resulted, That the Chairaran of this meetii be requested tu appoint a Commission of three uur citizens, to wuit upon his Excellency the Go ernor at an early day, and urge upon him to I semble thc Legislature ns spon as possible, to t end that measures muy be adopted to avert t ruin and distress now threatening to fall upon i RmoUed, That our fellow-citizens througho the State be requested to co-operate with us urging thc justice of our cause. Remited, That the thanks of this meeting a eminently due, and are hereby tendered, to t Hun. A. P. ALDRICH, fur his able, manly and i dependent effort on the Bunch to slay the dial tors of which wc have spoken in the preccdii Preamblo and lie-solutions. Rewired. That these Resolutions be publish in the EncXFiELD AnvKUTtsER, and in the C luinbia nnd Charleston papers ; aud that a coj of them bo sent to the Hon. A. P. ALDRICH. Thc Committee appointed under tho third Rc olution consists of Major JOSEPH ABNEY, CI Jon.v HVIKT and JAMES T. BACON, Esq. Having been formnlly requested to do so 1 the Committee of Arrangements, Major JOSEI ABNEY now addressed the mc iting. The folloi ing is tho substance of the remarks made l Maj. ACNE v. FELLOW-CITIZENS : I have never felt more sens bly when attending the obsequies of my dcare friend, the truth of the solemn expression weso oft? hear at the grave of all that is mortal of mai "In thc midtt of life, ire are in death," Wc a: dead civilly and politically, and wc arc financial! deal. No ono knows what rights he has und' the law, or what power he has to vindicate then Our citizens arc arrested in our midst, frequentl without crime, and hurried' off, hy squadrons < foreign Cavalry, either to be tried by Militai Cnmmif>Moni>, tribunals repugnant to our so MO < justice, or to languish, for indefinite periods, i loathsome prisons, without trial. Those wh would come to our relief are powerless to savi There appears to bo a doubt yet, whethor we ar in thc American Union, and even whether we ar actually a State. Thc Radicals in Congress woul treat us as a conquered province, and the whol South as conquered provinces. They would con fiscate our little remaining property, deprive u of all participation in the government, out lai us, expatriate u. -nd descending to the last re sort of malico would " rob us of our good names. And though shorn of our might as completely MS Sampson in the lap of Delilah, and deprivci of the means and the material of making tb least shadow of resistance, every man feels tba this is still his country, and holds on, with unrc lenting grasp, tu the spot of earth for which h -bed his blood, and his children offered up thei lives on the Geld of Caruago. i(And as a child, when searing sounds molest, Clings close aud closor to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more." It is needless to state tho causes of our ruin Thc results of a gigantic war have ocen unfavor ablo, and the doom of " woe to thc conqnarod" ii upon us. Wc ?mt forth such efforts to achievi our independence, as were never displayed bj any other people. We fought battles scarcely paralleled in the wars of tho older Napoleon. We lavished our lives, we lavished our wealth like water, a?td wc uttorly exhausted our strength in a cause upou which all hearts were set. Thc consequence is depression, prostration, and entire and univorsal dcslitution. We are so poor, thal one cannot help another. To sustain the great and unequal strugglo, our citizens converted their good property and money into Confederate Bonds and Confederate Treasury Notes. When thc Gov ernment was unable to equip and maintain their sons in tho field, they equipped and maintained them. During four or-five dreadful years, they cheerfully received all thoir earning?, and all their collection] on notes, bond?, and judgment?, in Confederate money. All this expenditure of mean?, by tho termination of the contest, proved a total loss. Moreover, the best portions of our population, for the period mentioned, wore ab stracted from their farms and plantation?, and the only producers in tho State woro old men, women, very small children, and negroes. While the Btrife was in progress our coasts were rav? aged, our cities laid in ashes, our fields desolated, ind the abodes of all classes indiscriminately plundered and burnt hy an invading, vandal ene my. On the surrender of Lee and Johnson, that >ur misfortunes might be made to culminate in ilsolutc misery, the negroes, constituting thrco 'ourths of the whole wealth of the State, and the lasis of all credit, who had been previously de bared free by the proclamations of President Lincoln, were finally emancipated by act of tho iovercign Convention of South Carolina. And di this while taxes upon taxes were exacted from mr people, first by the Confederate Government, md then by the State, while interest was accu nutating on the indebtedness of that vast majori y who were making every sacrifice in the defenco f their country. Now consider these statements well,-consider hem wisely,-confider the taxcB wo are yet to my,-inspect tho picture I have so feebly drawn, nd answer if it i? not a picture of bankruptcy, esolation nnd ruin. Fnur-fiiths-perhaps ninc cnths-of our population aro this day insolvent, nd since the Stay Law no longer proticts us, our ands arc depreciated at least fifty per cent, und re daily threatened with the Sheriff and tho onstable, and an appalling future is before us. But, my friends, we must not despair. " Whilo jere is I i fe/?ere is hope," is tho proud motto of outh Corolina. Wo must not bo driven hy our ecessities into nets of lawlessness and violence. Te must exhibit a moro masculino, temper-a lirit of moderation nnd calmness in trial and ?stress. The world will expect better things i om us,-moro magnanimity from tho little band I ho struggled for near fire years, and often to ( .eat advantage, with the most collossnl powor on ; c ie globo. It will expect a yet higher feat of j c .ungo and endurance from the man who fought j t \ Sbarpaburg, ?nd Qtttjttnvg, atti CJbjckaaaij- J ; ja, and the Seren Pines. Our soldiers Jud, are not all sleeping. Thcrc'arc a ft crcd and bleeding remains of them slit ?bo will again uprear the mighty standar southern Cross, and fight undor it for thc sst of all victories,-a victory over then? These reflections lead me to say, that, is stated in the beginning, cur mother, 01 est pride, is dead,-yet sho bas not died 1 ri i li ont hope," and .wo have come t*gel this momentous occasion, not to assist in rial, but in her resurrection from deal come not even to place garlands upon ht but to assist in restoring her to newness Wc have met to tako counsel together, bo' establish credit and confidence among ou -how to prevent an indUcriinin j to and ui litigation, which would bring us to poverty dation, crimo and iufamy. We wish to a tcarrod and battle-worn soldiers, who h: caped through so many'storms of war, fro luitting violence upon-one another, and of plisbiWg a destruction which the enemy, i his legions, failed to do. How then aro we to effect this great dolivi In thc first placo, we must become able, spirit of the Lord's Prayer, to cry out, ant inwardly, " Forgive ns our debts, os wo our debtors," ond wo must read and ac preached directly to ns, and applicable to o case?, tho beautiful lesson of our Savior, ning at thc 21st of the ISth Matthew, and with thc chapter, and remember, that ch thc crowning virtue ?f the Christian, and tl illustrious ornament in tho life of thc Commence the great work by having mere one another. Let BO thoughts of rcpudiii of resistance to law enter into your hearts conceptions, to dUhonor your cause, ht spirit oj" compromise'and mutual forbearan vail. Let it bo made disreputable for a sue for thc present, while bis brother d mean to dofraud him, because during this trons year, with tho scanty means of a grit ? in tho land, and a new system of labor to or, the farmer cannot supply the wonts of his I furnish his hungry children with bread, j. taxes, and pay his debts too. A general generous feeling of indulgence must be i and practiced, and cherished throughout th And surely the men who exhibited so mud hood, so much singlonoss of purpose, sc forgetfulness of self, and such a conten? wealth during our late conflict, cnn give on illustration of their heroism, and of tho n of their nature, for tho love and admira mankind. But I am Fad to own, that " the tender m of the wicked are crud," and though a majority of our people will rise to tho stand duty I have respectfully and humbly advise Mammon has rome worshippers so raveno gold, that the plea of an angel would not he by them while sitting in judgement upon debtors, 'lbcse cannot be restrained by the of innocence, by the fcPPeajsLPLjhtrCTi or 1 nrm of flosh and blood. On?Will begin t which will compel his debtor to do the lik< this movement impelled at first, like thc wa the sea, by a gentle broeze, will soon bo 1 into fury by tho force of the storm, and us, pilot and helmsman, ship and ship's cre? bo overwhelmed in an abyss of ruin. Thcs must be controlled by tho arm of law-of c tutional, inflexible law. Neither, my fellow-citizen?, am I so despo: as to believe that such a remedy is beyon reach. To the hopeful and resolute all thin; possible. I have dreody venturod to sugge; enactment of a liberal Homestead Law, though from tho hurry of copying and prin and the omission of a line or two in the ori manuscript, I may havo appeared to spca! confidently of its constitutionality in a parti form, yet a Constitutional Homestead Act ci framed, which will give more relief,more sati tion, more confidence, and more encournge and tone to thc community than all the othc pedicnts th.it Luman ing?nu.ty could devise ?S true, that two'ljundred and fifty acroo of may not satisfy .tho ambition of those who owaed their thousands and tens of thousands, so small an allowance may bc contemned by tl but in the end, and, in a crisis soon to apprc it msy afford shelter to their otherwise hous and shivering little ones. To the great ma small farmers, however, and they arc thoir d try's glory, and "their country's stay in day hour of danger," it will bc the greatest boon, Heaven could afford. It will bind them indis* bl}' to the soil. It will animato them to excr for the payment of their dd)ts, and it vtill in new life into their bosoms and now vigor their arms. Having bornes, that they know ti secure, they wrll adorn them with all thc ap ancos of art, and all the ingenious devices of ta They will love their little dwellings with a dt tion akin to piety, a thousand pleasing rora! cences will cluster around and about them, i for the land that contains them, they will bc j pared to fight and to dio, to tho latost of tl generation. Sports and amusements pcculiai I themselves will bc cherished and handed do from father to son, nnd thu3 will bc formed i fostered a homogenious, a patriotic, and an inv ? cible pooplo. If, in addition to thc Homestead Law, the L islaturo should am- ud the Insolvent Dcbtc Acts, so as to onablc tho young men, and u others who choose, that feel oppressed by < trammels of debt, to make an honest assignmi of their whole proptrty, and thus to receive c emption from tho demands of all their credit? at onco, this alone would bring relief to thousan of our suffering people, and make one more st in our advance on tho road of compromise ai settlement. The Insolvent Debtor's Act, at ai rule, is bphind the age in which we livn, ai whilst it is perfectly constitutional to amend in thc respects mentioned, until Congress sh: pass a uniform Bankrupt law, ihc time has arrivi when imprisonment for debt should bc abolish! in South Carolina, as an oppression of herr d which, from their absolute poverty, may bi come grievous and intolerable. But, as I speak, there aro yet other Constitt tional romodies, that crowd upon the mind an press for utterance. Tho Legislature of the Stat has provided, that on all sums over cighty-fiv dollars, it shall require two terms for the obtain ment of judgment. Why may it not then procec a little further, and provide that it shall requir four, six, eight, or ten terms ? This wouldnffor a broathiBg spell to honest, industrious men prompt them to energetic action, and proien anothor indunement to creditors for that compro miso wi-'.h debtors, without which there can be ni settlement of the indebtedness of South Carolina within our day and generation. . It has been told me, by a friend, that thc Judge; in Georgia have decided that it is Constitutional, even after the obtainment of judgmont, to restrain the Sheriff, in his levy and salo, for three, four, or five years, before ho makes completo satisfac tion of the debt?. What is Constitutional in Georgia is equally Constitutional in South Caroli na, and when I consider the wisdotri and humani ty of our Legislature, many of whoso members aro my warmest friends and companions, I am ready to vouch that they will bo behind no gentle men in tho South,-in their protection of the con stituents, who hav o so distinguished them by their honor and their confidence. They will group together and enact all these and other constitu tional measures, and by their prudenco and wig. dom, they will redeem the State, And thc people? co-operating with their Representatives, in for bearance, in brotherly kindness, in generosity, nnd in well-tempered rt ul, will soon be niau\ to rf joico in a gTeat salvation-a grander deliverance than that which freed them from Colonial vassalugo. Major ABsrT having concluded his speech, ?mid tho cheers of his hearers, tho Chairman of ho Committee of Arrangements announced dinnor Tho dinner was spread upon two scpnrato tables n difforont parts of the grovo ; one exclusively or gentlemon, tho other for ladies, with a suOi ient numbor of gontlomen to render them ga'lant ervice. Upon tho former table wss spread a feast f barbecued meats, which would havo done honor ; o Ute old Saxon hospitality of English history, j i RwUtter grained foaeaUi tin iwtfsra of nj combined Barbecue and Pic-Nic. Everything that high aiwomplhbuicnt iu tho culinury art could devise waa tu tc found upon theo inviting tables. And every attention that a relined and unstinted hospitality could suggest, was lavished by the high-toned citizens of the Ridge upon their almost innumerable guests. After dinner, the multitude reassembled around the speaker's stand, and wero addressed in'turn by our Representatives, Dr. JOHN LANDIIUJI and Capt. Titos. JONES; and lastly by R. WVCAXXON, Esq. It is a matter of very great regret to us that wo have not room to-day to, report thc re marks of these gentlcmon ; the more so that tho views presented by them wore different, tis regards many importan tpuin t? from those expressed by Maj ABNEY-. Vieira which are well worth the conside ration of the peoplo and their Legislators. Bu' having devoted so much room to the spoech of Major ABNEY, tho formally invited orator of thc day, we lind ourselves without space for further accouut of the proceedings of this interesting and important meeting. Wc must not close, however, without stating that the Hon. A. P. ALDIIICU had also beeu for mally invited to attend on this occasion, and ad dress the people. Rut up to the timo of the meeting, he bad not been heard from. Most prob ably on account of tho existing great disarrange ment in post office matters. For thc Adverti.cr. Mn. EniTon:-It is not unlikely that thc Leg islature of South Carolina will be convened with in a short time for thc purpose of devising means for tho relief of tho people of tho Stato from the dreadful appr?hensions, that now exist >n tho minds of the peoplo, growing out of thc indebted ness of thc people and thc recent decision of thc Court of Errors, declaring the Stay Law uncon stitutional. The Governor will, in all probabili ty, rogard tho present embarrassed condition of tho peoplo of tho State, such au "extraordinary occasion" as will justify him in convening tho Legislature to consider of, and determine upon, the measure! necessary for the relief of thc peo ple. There seems to bo no diversity of opinion as to whether thc Legislature should bo convenod. All admit the necessity. *Butas to tho kind of reliof tu bo afforded by tho Legislature, when convened, there is a great diversity of opinion. The all-absorbing topics among the people of thc Slate of South Carolina at present, arc the questions of tho indebtedness cf thc people, aud huw they are to pay their debts, aud at the same time keep their lands, und other property suffi cient to enable them to support themselves aud their families. These arc the questions to be considered by thc Legislature when it meets, aud upon tho wisc aud proper solution of theso ques tions depend tho future welfare aud prosperity cf the people of South Carolina. It may bc safely asserted, that questions of moro vital importance were never submitted for tho consideration of any Legislature. I propose, Mr. EDITOR, briefly to consider these questions, and to suggest a plan by which the people of the State ran bc relieved without inju ry to any one and consistently with thc principles of Honor, Honesty and Justice. Aud, although ^belong to that race of "harpies" which comes in for so large a share of the vituperations of your correspondents "Beatie" and " COKE," I am prepared to maintain that even a lawyer may ho a patriot and a well wisher to his country, and that to be so, it is not necessary to sacrifice every principle of honor, honesty aud justice. I can also readily perceive how the Judges of the highest Judicial tribunal of thc State of South Carolina eau well and faithfully discharge the high, honorable responsible functions ol their office, and yet differ in opinion with you: correspondent "COKE." Eur the purposes of this discussion, it is neces sary to premise that thc people are dividod inte two classes, tho Crediturs and the Debtors-and that both these classes need and aro equally en titled to relief, and any plan that relieves tht debtor at tbe sacra?cc of tho rights of thu credi tor is uujuel. V.v*ry plan that has been suggest ed as yet, so far as I am ir forme J, proposes to relieve the debtor, in utter disregard of tho rights of the creditor. The Stay Law is of that charac ter. Thc repudiation and armed resistance to the Sheriff plan of " RUSTIC," is so obnoxious to the law-abiding citizen, that I apprehend hut few will bo willing to adopt that plan. God forbid that the time shall ever come in South Carolina, whon the peoplo will regard the executive officer of thc law, to which all pood citizen? look for protection, as an enemy, to be put down by armed force. There is nothing so terrible to the law abiding citizen as mobocraey. I premise in the second place, that the pecu niary oonditi?n of the people of the State, is such as to demand that thc Legislature shall provide some relief to tho people; and that in this trying emergency, if it fails to provide a remedy some what commensurate with tho evils to be remedied, it will fall short of- ita duty. Tho people arc not able to help ono another. They aro too poor. Thc creditor is not able to extend iudulgcnce to his debtor. Every man who has money owing to him feel J and "knows that he needs it. lu thousands of instances, thc creditor has nothing hut the bunds und notes of his debtor, as the representativo of his entire means. In many instances these bonds and notes were given for lands and real estate. The debtor remains in possession of this real estate, on which he lives with bis family, per haps ia luxury and oasc, while his poor creditor, perhaps has no land, and really has nothing but the bond and notes of his debtor, and having not where to lay his head, or his wife and children are in boggary and want. Although his bonds and notos may represent thousands he cannot get credit for a aollar, even from his debtor, who is in possession of tho identical property for which the bonds and notes were given. Can it bc said that the creditor can relit ve his debtor uuder such circumstances ? And who arc the mon who arc most clamorous for Stay Laws and repudia tion ? Are they not those who have bought prop erty and owe for it? Aro they willing to give up tho property which they owe? No, that would ruin them and distress their families. Arc they willing to pay any part of the consideration for it, to enable the poor creditor to live, and to sup port his family and educato his chrildron ? No, they profer to wait and see what the Legislature will do with old debts. This is thc roal condi tion of a large proportion of that unfortunate class, the creditor. It may* safely he asserted that this class of the people hare suffered as much, or even more, than others by tho results of tho war, and need relief as much really as tho debtor class. On the other hand, in many instances, thc honest, conscientious debtor feels nod knows that ho is unablo to pay what ho owes. He feels the full force of bli obligations and regrets, honestly and deeply, his inability to pay. He knows that tho payment of his debts now, will involve the min of himself and tho certain suffering of bis innocent wife and children. Ills wife and children perhaps have been accustomed to wealth, luxury and case. He is perhaps an old man, borne down by tho weight of many year?; his wife is infirm and unable to help him ; if bc pays his debts be will have nothing left, and the idea id appalling to him. Despair is thu noccssary consequence. His croditors arc straitened and cannot aid him even by indulgence, which they would gladly ex tend to him ; hut delay of payment involves their ruin and that of their families. His inability to pay is not owing to any fault of his, but it is the legitimate result of the action of tho Government, which owes him protection. He is tho victim of circumstances entirely beyond his control, and for which ho can in no renou be held individually responsible. And shall ho have nu relief?' Ve< ! justice and humanity demand that he be relioved. But it is not just that ho should he relieved at thc sacrif.co of his creditor. His friends aro not Mc to help him, becauso they aro in the samo condition as himself. The law affords him no re lief as it now stands. By tho orninary remedial processes of the law, unless he can get aid else where, " he must go to tho wall." Then whonco must como the desired relief? I mswer from tho State. Tho St-.te is nil tho peo ile of the State-croditors and debtors, And al hougb tho individual citizens cf the ?tate may bare no credit, and may bf abb to do nothing is j tho way of relief, yet tho State-tho aggregate ? tho whole pooplc - may, ami eau du auylhiug1 willi iu thc way of relief, thfct is not itt violatic of thc fundamental law of tile laud. The Sta has credit, and ia able to afford aoy relief that tl present emergency requires. IIow? In answi to this question I premise, li'irst : That it is ni tho indebtedness of the people that causes tl embarrassment under which wc now labor, ? much as the want of money-capital in the com try! Let money becomo plentiful in the country let men of enterprise have the capital necessary i pursue thoir usual avocation!, and at once con parative quiet will be rcstorid. The honest, ii dustrious citizen can go to work with a rcasonah assurance that his creditors will not disturb hir All his apprehensions of seeing his property pa under the She riff's hammer will bc remove He will no longer feel that repudiation is just, i necessary, and he will spurn it as dishonest ai dishonorable. He will then bo ablo to see thc ii justice of such a measure. No Stay Law wi then bc necessary. Neither will an ca youl fae Homestead law, moro unjust than tho Stay Lai bc necessary. Thc energies of the peoplo will i once bc restored to them and a day of happine and prosperity will have dawned upon the Sta of South Carolina. Thoso good men and tru who havo lost their all in the terrible strugg through which the country bas past; who har to some extent, yielded to feelings of despondenc; at the utter hopelessness of their present cond lion and the gloomy prospect? for tho future, wi at once feel Hope-that mighty anchor of tl soul-spring up afrosh in their bosoms, and da} light will be opened before "hem. Yes! capita money for tho proper development of cnterpris ?j all that thc country needs to start it in thc ros to prosperity. But again the question recurs, How is all th t) be brought about? I answer again, by tl ?tate. Let thc State become tho general credit) of hor people. She is thc common mother of hi citizens, and she must help them iu this their da of trouble, or lose them as citizen?, to her ow permanent detriment. It is io the interest of tl State to keep her owu citizens within her border I assume that if from threo to five millions i dollars were putin general circulation in thc Stat it would bc sufficient, wilhiu a few mouths to pa all, or by far thc greater part of all tho debts ck by tho citizens from one te another. Let tl State then issue her bonds, lor say five mi?i?oi uf dullard, uud borrow that sum fur the term i thirty years, and let thu money, when obtaiuc bc placed iu thc Treasury of tho State for tl spociftc purpose of relieving the people. Win tho money is obtaiucd, let lt be proclaimed I the Governor at once, that every citizen who owi a tract of lued, unencumbered by judgement < mortgage, has thc right to borrow from tho Sta fur thirty yoars, a ?um of morey, equal to seventy five per cunt of tue actual value of his or her lam to be scoured by mortgigc of the land, upon tl condition and stipulation that bc shall pay tu tl Tax Collector every year the aunual interest upc the sum borrowed, and threo per cent of tl principal ; tho land to be vtdued by a Board Commissioners for each District, to be appointi by the Logislaturo for that purpose, whose dui it sh ill be to examine iuto and report upon tl facts as tu incumbrances upou the same. Tho gloom aud despondency of the people ai owing to tho fact that they have no money an have no means uf raising moacy. Thc plan pri posed would bring all tho money into thc Sta that is needed; men of energy and enterprise cou! and wuuld command the means to go into bus ness ; industrial pursuits of i ll kinds would ri ceivc a new impulse. Who can conceive of tl effects that would be produce 1 in this country I the sudden influx of five millions of dollars iul this State, nut tu be concentrated in the hands i ' a few persons, but to he dispersed general! i among the people? Tho whole aspect of tl State would at once, as if by magic, bc change for thc better. The people would at once feel n licved from that incubus debt, which now bani ' M a tuill-atono around their neck.., dc.-troyvn within them all spirit, all energy, all enterprise i Despondency would yield to Hope, and cur bc lov& State would become in a short time, whs God designed it to bc, tho most favored spot o: earth. This is no chimerical scheme, no mere delusion it is practical, substantial, tangible relief, to burdened and oppressed people. This pin: amounts lo a practical?Slay Law of thirty yean And who is injured by it? Thc people are no taxed one cent by it, every min pay? the inter?s on his debt. At thc end of thirty years the Stat will have ninety per cent of thc whole amount n her bonds in hcrTreasury, arising from tbeannua payment of three per cent'of -he principal. Tbi sinking fund of threo per cent, can be used b; the State to resuscitate her B ink-that great fis cal agent of the State, which in days gone hy ha. ?lone so much good. This is all consistent witl tho principles of Honor, Honesty and Justice. W. W. ADAMS. Fur tho Advertiser. MR. EOITOR: I ask what is to bc done? Then is a great and growing evil upon us as a people I mean Freedom os it exists among us in tbi present form,-in reference especially to thc manner in which it is carried out. Why, Sir, there is no restraint whatever that I can sec c/ei the whole matter in regard to whether your em ployee stays with you or not. It is perfectly optional with him, notwithstanding his or her contract. Thero is a general stampeding on the part of tho Freedmen in every lirection. It does not matter with him whether you, or any other person, make nny thing to live on or not. Free dom, Freedum, is their song by day and by nig*ht. The idoa seems to be that they can live on Free dom, and strut, play, and dance whenever they please, and no one dare to say any thing. I say it is a growing evil, which overy thinking man will readily admit. I ask agivin what is to be done under the circumstances ? Can we makes support with these lazy, loafing, rambling freed men about us? I answer, no. I ara glad however to say that there aro a few who do very well. But those f?..w cannot support the rest in their idleness. I know whole farms where the Freodmcn havo left ?. ithout any provo cation. Just becauto somebody else will hire them and promise to give them a little more, for a few weeks. Hence, many crops are, in many instances, entirely lost in thc grass. I do not wish to bo considered hard on tho poor creatures, or ? their onemy in thus spoaking out my thoughts on thc subject. I wish only their general good and ours aa a people, and if possihlo to make free labor, as it now exists, profitable to both whito and black. It docs soein to ma that this great evil could bc romedied at least in part, as follows : 1st, Let every neighborhood or community meet together and form compact bodies with such boundaries as may be necessary fur thc express purpose of uniting their efforts in tho all-impor tant point of putting a stop to this great evil. 2nd, Let all good honest persons assist in this matter by giving (heir aid and influence to induce thc Freedmen, if possible, to stay with their em ployers. We may do a great ?ail in this way by conciliatory measures. 3rd, Let it be considered a crime of great magnitude for tny person, in the estimation of public opinion, to biro a freedman who had previously mad.0 a contract with any other person, uutil that contract had expired, or said freeduian having obtained permission from his employer. There is great m ed of something being done. Let us get hold of thc truo policy. I feel intojo>ted in tho matter. Let us actatonco. I cannot closo, Mr. EDITOR, without saying something, by your remission, about the Stay Law-a question wbi.d) agitate* thc public mind very much jail nt ibis time. I con?i-sj that it boars on my min-! hoavily, (not that it will con flict or oppress ?le individually ir any way that I sec,) but the idea of tho distress it will bring on tho coontiry in general, makes mt shv.ddcr. I nm not in fdvor^f repudiation j that would bo wrong. But I nm in favor of tho Stay Law ns it exists? and I believe that I express the opinion of three, fourths of the peoplo when Ir?ny so. But there uro some, who tell ns that it is un constitutional. Well, really I do not know so much about that ; I always thought that any State had a right to maka ita own lawa, in reference to ita own deb tri, espeeiaUy when it ?id not interfere i . . - % with thc General Government. I havo to le con Y ?need that tho Stay Law is ir%jJilic or uncon stitutional. For we, tho people, ire thc law ma king power, vested in the Convention or Legisla toro. Why, Sir, the Court of Errors and Appeals aro made and constitutional by the Legislators of tho "State. But, ir we oven admit it to be illegal, I do hot see any just grounds why men should be so eager to tako the last dime from the poor widows and orphans, unless to satisfy their cra ving avaricious desires, to heap up treasures in their coffers,-by thc povorty of others, to make themselves rich. But how aro we to remedy these things ? Why very easy. Let the people who aro ia favor of stopping the current rise up cn munie, and call for public meetings on the sub ject, in order to secure in time the public safety. J.P.BODIE. Details of the Great Tire-atNewberry.. Correspondence of the South Carolinian. NEWBERRY, June 19.-The saddest afflic tion that ever visited a quiet town has come ?pon us, of Newberry. Bat arfew hours ago we were looking forward with high hopes to\ a prosperous future, to renewed enterprise, 'and abundant reward for the labors that havo been so earnestly put forth 6ince the close of the war. Now, our homes and places of bus iness are but a mass of smoking ruins, amorg which men wander disconsolate at their los?, and well nigh stupefied by thc weight of mis fortune so suddenly.thrust upon them. "We scarcely know when or how the terri ble infliction commenced. The cry of fire broke the silence of the hours, between two and three o'clock on Mon day morning. Men, women and children hurried from their beds to discover flames bursting from the premises known as Thespi an Hall, occupied as a warehouse by Gen. Kinard. Here were stored, it is said, some thirty or forty bales of cotton. No person slept on the place) no light had been allowed in thc vicinity, and the general impression is that the torch of the incendiary commenced thc work of destruction here. Notwithstanding the most strenuous efforts, the fire now spread to adjoining huts occupi ed by negroes, then crossed tho street and ignited the rear of the'store of Messrs. Mar shall & Bro., which with its contents was en tirely consumed ; then wrapped around the establishment of Messrs. Rutledge & Bro., over which was thc shooting gallery and gun smith shop of Mr. Zack. While ; then involv ed the store of Pratt, Wilson, and James, part of whose stock was fortunately saved ; and sweeping along caught in succession Duncan's ware-house, the .residence of Mr. Field Mont gomery aud the store and residence of Dr. Gouin, who lost all but the clothing en his * back. Hero the volume of flame appeared to part, one portion travelling fiercely up Main street, on the l?ft hand side, destroying the stores of Messrs. Boyce, John Nesley, (ba ker), Dr- Dapray, (dentist), and the boarding house of Mt s. Thompson. This wing of the conflagration now stopped. The other had meanwhile crossed the strCet tn front of Dr. G ou in's rssidencc, and attacked ' e home of Cant. J. Davis, the store of Jacobs, the jew elry sterv. of Mr. Field Montgomery, the store of Mr. Charles Montgomery, the millinery es tablUhment of Mrs. Whitley and the residence of Dr. WhaJey, where, as if satiated in its fu ry, this flank of the fire also ceased. The premises last above named are on the right band side of Main street, so that a broad swath of destruction is all that is left of that once prosperous portion of our town. The same burst of flame that crossed from Dr. Gouiu's lapped around the office of the Newberry Herald, and in a short time this ?tablisliment, together with the store below, occupied by Lovelace k Wheeler, was but a pile of*smoking ruins. Thc next sufferers in this direction were Messrs. Charles Buist & Ward, A. Wickler, R. B. Holman ? Co., Dr. W. C. McKeller and Dr. Thoa. Moore. The building occupied by the three gentle men last above named, adjoined the hotel, where the first time the flames ware got un der control, and finally extinguished. But before expending their force, they had destroy ed property to tho amount, ass now estimated, of one hundred thousand dollars. The nunrlrer of-families rertdered'homeless by this sad event, is not far from thirty, some of whom barely escaped with their lives. Among the most unfortunate ?9 Dr. Gouin and family, who lost in money alone $9,000, besides every article of value and every stitch of clothing save that which waa on their persons. Messrs. Grenneker, the public spirited Proprietors and Editors of the Herald, were likewise most unhappy sufferers. Nothing remains of their establishment but the melted types and broken paues ; and of their housc uold goods nothing but ashes. The conflagration raged from two until ?ibout seven o'clock in the morning-five ter rible hours; thc like of which we hope never to see again. In the absence of fire apparatus, human hands and human energy atc ?mplished all that was done. The ladies with one accord worked as bravely nnd faithfully as the stur dy meii arround them,laboring at the pumps, carrying water, wetting blankets, and assist ing i u the rescue of property. To many of thc negres also no small meed of praise is due for their industry on the occa sion, although there was another crowd like scavengers gleaning all they dared to seize. Patrols are now in the country x endeavorirg to recover these stolen goods and arrest the thieves. During the night several nersens were mere or less injured by exposing themselves too boldly to the flames. Among those thus burn ed I learn the names of Mr. Bangle, and Mr. Peter McGregor, formerly of Columbia. Steps are being taken to relieve ;he neces sities of the most needy, and with commenda ble enterprise some of the citizeus have set about the work of reestablishing our ever wel come newspaper. We are " bent, but not broken."' B.G. B. P. S. I forgot to add that the amount of insurance was very small. . ' SERIOUS DIFFICUIAT IN CLAY.-Wc are pained to learn that a serious difficulty oc curred in Clay county, near Fort Gaines, on Friday last, in which Mr. Gus Cone, sheriff of that county, was severely, perhaps mortal ly wounded, and a freedman killed. The circumstances, as wc learn them, are, that the freedman had become unruly and was or dered to report to the Bureau, but refused to do so. Mr. McLendon, agent for that coun ty, instructed Mr. Cone to bring him to town. Upon arriving where the negro was, Mr. Cone told him that he must go with him, where upon the negro suddenly drew a knife and made a terrible assault ripon Mr. G. cutting him him until he fell to the ground. The negro was immediately shot dead. Mr. Cone had bat recently entered upon the discharge of his duties-Cuthbert Reporter. -? -?- ? THE BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AT GREENVILLE S. C.-Ten thousand five hun dred dollars were raised for this institution by the Southern Baptist Convention at Rus selville, Ky., " of this gr?at part was subscrib ed by Virginia," At the Baptist Association of Virginia, recently-held in Richmond, five thousand dollars were subscribed. Professer J. C. Boyce said that tho Seminary had on hand seventy five thousand dollars in Con federate bonds and notes*, but that they had also ten thousand dollars in railroad stock aud one huudred thousand dollars iu individual bonds. None of the Professors had been paid for nearly twelve months, but he, Mr. Boyce, expected to be able to make them a small payment when he returned to Greenville. S. C. Baptist. ---? ? MB. D*VM-OFFICIAL -Here it is at last. The National Republican ef yesterday says : .'* We have thc best of reasons for asserting that the President does not intend to inter fere, either directly or indirectly, in the case of Jeff. Davis, not withstanding the strenu ous- pfforts being made by his counsel in his behalf for cxecntive interposition. The Pref. ?dent considers the case" entirely a judicial questioned will in r.o event interfere with the course of justice in the case of Davis." We ero sorrow to" have to -announce this decision ou tho part of Mr. Johnson. AU sp?culation on this subject may as well ceas? BOW,